"Captain Sun, the second company is going to fight outside the city. The defense of the county will be left to your garrison." When receiving the report, Tang Cheng was inspecting the trenches dug by the civilians outside the city gate. He only had time to talk to him with a look of dismay on his face.
Sun Liansheng was willing to give some instructions, and Tang Cheng led a platoon of soldiers from the Second Company into the defensive position outside the city. This time, Tang Cheng's peripheral defense line in Macheng was not just lined up in a straight line like Liu Yangyang's.
The defensive line is instead a circular trench position divided into two internal and external trenches. The two trenches are connected by several communication trenches. Tangcheng and the others are now in the outermost trench.
The horse bandits under Yang Tianlei rushed forward more than 400 meters after crossing the slope controlled by the patrol, then reorganized their formation and charged towards the county town. Although there were only 50 soldiers of the Second Company in the trench, they were among the most numerous.
Most of them are veterans who have fought with the Japanese army. Just facing a group of horse bandits, these Japanese veterans are not afraid to death. The bullets are loaded, and the grenades in front of them have been unscrewed.
Guys, Tangcheng and the others in the trenches are ready to face this group of horse bandits.
The roar of horse hooves on the ground was frightening. The peasants who were digging trenches outside the city were led by the soldiers of the garrison to retreat towards the city. Because there were too many peasants, they seemed a little panicked when they retreated.
, was seen by Yang Tianlei, but he thought this was a good opportunity to rob the city. "Speed up, bite them and rush into the city." Yang Tianlei tried to break through the city gate with the high speed of the horse, but he didn't notice it at all.
The trench 0 meters away from them.
"Machine gun ready." Yang Tianlei led his horse bandits in like a surging tide. The sound of countless iron hooves hitting the ground was like a drum beat, which could break a person's heart. But there was no trace of anger on Tang Cheng's face.
With an expression on his face, when the two Czech light machine guns were set up in the trench, Tang Cheng suddenly raised his right arm diagonally. Niu Laogui lay beside Tang Cheng and silently counted the distance between the horse bandits and the trench, 0 meters, 150
Meters, 80 meters, 70 meters. When Niu Laogui saw that the horse rushing forward was less than 69 meters away from the trench, Tang Cheng's raised arm suddenly waved down.
"Fire!" The two Czech light machine guns roared instantly, and the two dazzling tongues of flames spewed from the muzzles of the guns swept towards the surging horse bandits like a whirlwind. Once the horses started running at a speed, it would be difficult to turn or stop them immediately.
The speed slowed down, and the light machine gun that suddenly appeared caught Yang Tianlei's horse bandits off guard. However, under Yang Tianlei's bullet pressure, the horse bandits showed all their strength. Facing the roaring light machine gun fire, they tensed their bodies.
The horse bandits clinging to their horses continued to charge in the face of the machine guns.
The actions of the horse bandits may seem crazy, but it is actually the right choice, because at this time they are less than a hundred meters away from the trenches in Tangcheng. Under the full speed sprint of the war horses, they can cross over in just a few breaths.
Those two machine guns. Although the machine gun fire was powerful, after all, Tang Cheng only had two machine guns firing. In a few breaths, Tang Cheng's Professor Qian could empty two magazines at most. Two Czech light machine guns
Three shots only amounted to 60 rounds of ammunition. It was impossible to intercept the full charge of the horse bandits with this small amount of firepower.
However, Yang Tianlei obviously made the wrong calculation. When the two light machine guns in the trench emptied the first magazine one after another and replaced the magazine, Tangcheng let out a shout, and a row of muzzles stretched out in the trench. Only one shot was fired from the trench.
After a volley of gunfire, the horse bandits who had high hopes from Yang Tianlei fell off their horses like dumplings. Especially the 30 horse bandits who rushed at the front of the entire cavalry were all spared. 50 meters away
For Tang Cheng's veterans, it was as simple as eating. Even if they couldn't hit the rider on the horse, they could at least hit the horse running at high speed.
"Brother, we can't. The casualties among our brothers are too great. Almost half of them will be dead right now. If this continues, let alone breaking into the county town, we might all die here. Let's retreat anyway.
The Japanese are also dead." Black Tornado rushed back from the front on horseback, urging Yang Tianlei to retreat.
Seeing his horse bandits being shot and falling one after another, Yang Tianlei felt uncomfortable, but the families of his brothers were still in the hands of the Japanese. Even without the troublemaker Araki Hero,
Yang Tianlei did not dare to retreat, as there was a wave of bandits behind them. "Keep charging, we must capture the county today." Yang Tianlei opened his shirt, carried his two thugs and rushed towards their defensive position in Tangcheng
.
"Protect brother, let's rush." Black Tornado had no choice but to follow Yang Tianlei and rush forward. Hearing Black Tornado's cry, the horse bandits went crazy and rode in front of Yang Tianlei. No matter how Yang Tianlei rushed left and right, he would always be there.
There were horse bandits blocking his way. "Brother, brother, I'm going to take the first step." Yang Tianlei saw with his own eyes that Black Tornado, who had been shot in the chest, rode his horse against the gunfire and couldn't help shouting sadly.
"Da da da da da da" The machine guns in the trenches burst out with gunfire again, pressing on the two wings of the cavalry one on the left and one on the right. This was Tang Cheng's idea. He wanted to concentrate the horses that were frightened by the bullets to the center. Only
Let the horse bandits concentrate so that the bullets fired from the trenches can exert their greatest power. The horse bandits didn't want this, but in the face of the fierce bullets, they could only concentrate towards the middle as Tang Cheng expected.
"Fire" Niu Laogui, who replaced Tangcheng's command, waved his arm fiercely, and another volley of gunfire was fired from the trench. The dying shouts of the war horses and horse bandits filled the front of the position.
"The wind is tight, pull the flag and run." Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Tianlei gave the order, and the remaining dozens of horse bandits turned around and ran away. Although Yang Tianlei was reluctant, the current situation had already made him and his men
The horse bandits are in a disadvantageous situation. The 130 men who brought Macheng now have less than 50 left. Let alone attack the county seat, even if they stay here for a while, they may be wiped out.
In just three to five minutes, dozens of horse bandits were piled up outside the breeding position in Tangcheng. Yang Tianlei's horse bandits failed to break through Tangcheng's fire circle at all. Only a dozen or so Liao Liao riders rushed to the front of the trench, but
They were quickly beaten to a bloody gourd by the swarming veterans of the Second Company. Facing the brutal and intensive automatic firepower, the cavalry had almost no chance. The Phalanx-like group attack would only provide more living targets for the opponent.
"Stop chasing, they can't run away." To stop the soldiers who wanted to follow Niu Laogui and jump out of the trench to pursue him, Tang Cheng just said it lightly and went off to clean the battlefield. Niu Laogui and his men jumped out with bayonets in hand.
In the trenches, stab the severely wounded horse bandits who couldn't stop wailing to death in a pool of blood one by one. If you want to extract information from the opponent, you only need to capture a few lightly injured prisoners. Those guys who don't have much energy left can't be kept.
The Second Company didn't have any extra food to feed them.
"I've made a fortune, I really made a fortune this time." Niu Laogui played with the shell gun he picked off the bandit's corpse, and looked at the rifles and short guns piled up by his soldiers. Niu Laogui showed a look of satisfaction on his face.
, finally the bullets fired just now were not in vain. Yang Tianlei, who had retreated hastily, ran away as if he was dying, but before he could run far, a row of bullets fired from the side of the road killed more than a dozen people in front of him.
One of his men was knocked off his horse.
The patrol that intercepted Yang Tianlei and the others on the roadside slope did not leave. Gunshots rang out outside the city gate. The veteran who led the team had an extra thought and stayed in place without moving. Unexpectedly, the remaining
The bandits really came back along the original road, and they happened to be bumped into them. "Throw grenades to block the road, don't let them run away." The condescending patrol team threw grenades continuously, and the smoke-filled avenue was full of
With flying shrapnel, Yang Tianlei's escape route was completely blocked.
"Go below, walk from below." Yang Tianlei was completely panicked. There were fewer and fewer bandits around him. Seeing that there were less than 30 people left, Yang Tianlei had to order his horse to jump off the roadbed and escape from the wilderness. If he wanted to leave,
But it's not that easy. The veteran named Wu who directed the patrol to intercept the horse bandits on the slope had long noticed Yang Tianlei riding a big black horse. This guy carrying two shell guns must be the bandit leader.
"Pop!" The bullets that escaped from the barrel of the gun crossed the battlefield and went straight to Yang Tianlei's back. "Pop!" The veteran on the top of the slope saw with his own eyes the mass of blood mist rising from Yang Tianlei's northward direction, and then he pulled the gun bolt and pulled out the cartridge case.
A bullet hit the fire. Yang Tianlei was shot and fell from his horse, causing the horse bandits who rushed down the roadbed to panic. Several horse bandits who risked their lives jumped off their horses and tried their best to pull the injured Yang Tianlei from under the belly of the fallen big black horse.
They were dragged out, and when they wanted to escape, they discovered that they were the only ones left alive on a battlefield full of corpses.
"Put down your weapons and raise your hands. Surrender now and I will spare your life." A shout came from the slope beside the road. The six horse bandits only had two long guns in their hands. It was difficult to block the slope with the short guns in their hands.
Surrendering may be their only chance. "Tell me, who are you? Why are you attacking the police?" The unconscious Yang Tiantian and the last few horse bandits were kidnapped by the patrol.
At that time, Tang Cheng hurriedly arrived with a dozen soldiers on horseback.
"We are from Qingfengtang. The Japanese captured our family members and forced us to attack Macheng. There was a group of bandits behind us. I heard that they were also found by the Japanese." One of Yang Tianlei's bandits did the same.
Faced with Tang Cheng's questioning, Tang Cheng explained everything thoroughly. If there was no matter about Ma Tou, Tang Cheng might have chosen to let them go, but Ma Tou and his class couldn't die in vain.
The city must sacrifice the lives of these bandits to Ma Tou and the others.